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COLUMBIA? S. C. Saturday Morning, Jone 19, 1875. There is something' new in Spanish affairs. A London despatch states that Don Carlos has* given his son the title of Prince of Astnrias, which is a rather bold piece of business on his part, and suggestive of the confidence he has in his own ultimate success. The title of Prince of Astnrias was created for the Spanish heir-apparent to the throne by John I, in the year 1388, at the request of the Duke of Lancaster, whose daugh? ter the Prinoo was about to marry. The Crown Princo was thereafter 'called Prince of Asturias until the expulsion of the Bourbons from Spain in 1808. Don Carlos is evidently, by giving his son the title, arranging for the future. Ho has also convoked the Assembly, as a sort of challenge to Alfonso to call the Cortes. Alfonso is evidently afraid to call the Cortes. If he does, he knows there will be trouble between the Liberals and Re? actionists and the Clericals or Con? servatives. Ho is afraid of alienating the Liberals from his support, and afraid of offending the clergy, who have him in their grasp. Don Carlos' opportunity will be when the two hostile parties of Madrid come to open blows, as they will sooner or later. "On May 20 there was issued at Berlin another volume of Von Moltke's big his? tory of the war of 1870, giving an ac? count of the battle of Sedan and a fac simile of Napoleon Ill's letter accompa? nying the surrender of his sword to King William. The Germans lost in the bat? tle 8,960 killed and wounded, and the French 17,000 ditto."- fir. This reminds us of Gen. Clingman's remark about the fighting of soldiers of a monarchial government and those of a republic. The battle above referred to decided a war between two of the most powerful and warlike nations of the world?Germany and France. Nearly 1,000,000 of men were engaged, yet the loss in killed and wounded was only 25,000?not three per cent. In the late war between the States there was scarcely a battle of any magnitude where the ag? gregate loss of both sides, in killed and wounded, did not amount to at least ten per cent, of the forces engaged. In the battle of Gettysburg alone the loss of the Confederates and Federals wub much ?greater than that of the Germans and French at Sedan, yet the forces ol both sides at Gettysburg did not amount to "200,000 men. Europeans can probably teach Americans some things, but they cannot teach us anything about fighting. After the Tilton-Beecher trial will come a Congregational council. It is said that Dr. Storra and other ministers who are not satisfied with the stigma which Plymouth Church gives to that denomi? nation, will proceed to get at these ?"bottom facts," concerning which so much has been said, and will, in the light of a church council, unawed by Plymouth, oust Beeoher and his adhe? rents from the Congregational fold. Beecher's recent remarks about Ply? mouth standing alone, Ac, are supposed 1 to have been prompted by a knowledge of what was coming from this direction. - Presidential ? 'Sacuu'ices."?Refer? ring to the "sacrifices" which the Presi? dent alludes to in a bite letter, and to the comments of the Louisville Courier-Jour' nal, the Baltimore .s'?? says: "On the other hand, the Courier-Jour nal .might have added that real Sacri? fices' have been made by multitudes on both sides in the civil war, not only of comforts and f property, but of lifo, who never received any requital but the consciousness of having performed what they considered their duty. There is scarcely one ot tho humblest of the sol? diers on either side whose prospects of the future were not as good as those of Gen. Grant when the war began. Con? sidering bow these multitudes have re? ceived no return, unless the good fortune that spared their lives through the war cun be considered such, and how tho President has reaped from the war only the most wonderful advance in personal fortune which the world has seen since tho days of the first Napoleon, it must be admitted that the less he has to say of Sacrifices' the better. There have been Presidents who might have talked of 'sacrifices,' both of ease, health and emoluments in tho public service. But these officials gave themselves, with civil experience ana training fitting them for the position, wholly to their public duties, taking little time for recreation and being rarely absent from Washing? ton. Our present Chief Magistrate, whose departure to tho watering places is one of the earliest signs of summer, does not belong to this class." Mrs. Murray, who stabbed and killed Capt. Joseph Green, in Newark, N. J., Monday night, with a pair of scissors, has surrendered herself to the police. Green and her husband were drinking together at n saloon, when' she entered and told her husband to leave the drunk* n loafer, when Green retorted ?vith vile epithets, and she stabbed him. Mb. Eorob: The communication of Major W. B. Gulick, published in the Phojntx, of the 16th, as well as the state? ment of the city finances, published heretofore in the Ilerald and Phosnxx, by the Committee of Twenty, are, us stated by Major Gulick, matters of business, and conducted by business men, to show the citizens our present financial condi? tion, with a view of promoting retrench? ment and reform in the future. There is not one word in the report of the Com? mittee, or in the communication of Maj. Gulick, which are partisan in their na? ture. The posting of the city books was done by Capt. J. L. Little, (Republican,) clerk in the Comptroller-General's office, and Mr. G. M. Walker, Cashier of the Union Savings Rank, and have, no doubt, been done impartially and occn rately. The books are open for the in? spection of the public, and will verify the result as summed up by the Citizen's Committee. The bonded debt, bills payable and city currency outstanding arc on record, and no misrepresentation by mixing up figures by General Stol brand or 'lion. Ii. Cass Carpenter, will change the facts. Major Gulick has Bhown that the actual amount paid on the City Hall is $61,428.94, and not $87, 822.34, as stated by the Hon. Mr. Car? penter, and that $66,000 was diverted to other purposes by Council. The honorable ex-member of Congress claims payment of interest for thr. year ending March 3L, 1870, amounting to $31,656, paid prior to the first term of Mayor Alexander's administration, as an amount paid by him, when the books and the report of tho Citizens' Commit? tee show to tho contrary. These two items alone show that tho figures of the honorable gentleman are incorrect to the amount of $58,049.40. I shall not at? tempt to follow up the arithmetic of the Hon. Mr. Carpenter and Gen. Stoibrand, but will take from the records of Coun? cil the reports of tho Citizens' Committee and the admissions of Messrs. Carpenter and Stolbrand, so far as they agree with the facts, and place the same before the public in a different shape from the statements of either, which will show the result of the past five years' admi? nistration of the city government In making this statement, I do not desire to be understood as reflecting upon the | present City Council. It is well under? stood that the extravagance and misma? nagement . of their predecessors have been a source of great embarrassment to them, and that they have reduced ex? penses in many particulars. The actual result, however, has to be stated to date, and the amount of actual debt outstand? ing has to be taken into consideration, to show our condition as compared with the { past administration of city officers. Mr. Walter R. Jones, late City Clerk and Treasurer, and at present Private Secretary to Gov. Chamberlain, stated the entire indebtedness on April 1, 1874, as amounting to from $725,000 to $750, 000. This statement was made at the citizens' meeting, held at Irwins Hall, for the purpose of investigating the financial condition of the city. ? I shall assume that tho debt was at that time $725,000, nnd proceed to place the pre? sent condition of the city before the public: Debt, as stated by Major Gulick May 31, 1870, $390,324.10, (at which time Mayor Alexander went into office;) five years interest on indebtedness of city, from March 31, 1865, to March 31, 1870, at $22,096 per annum, $110,480; less interest paid year ending March 31, 1866, $5,459; less interest paid vear ending March 31, 1867, $5,260.26; less, interest paid year ending March 31,1 1868, $3,585.13; less interest paid vear ending March 31, 1869, $19,425.40; less interest paid vear ending March 31, 1870, $31,656.57?$65,386.36; coupons outstanding, acknowledged by Hon. Mr. Carpenter, viz: $45,093.64; mis? cellaneous accounts outstanding, esti? mated by old Council May31, 1870, $1,000; account of Joseph Crows, as certified by Mayen- Gibbes, $1,50(1. From which is to be deducted ('., C. & A. R. R. stock sold vear ending March 31, 1JS71, ?10,187.50; do. do., March 31, 1872, $s,H88.88- $49,076.38. Actual debt of city of Columbia, May 31, 1870, in eluding bonds, city money, bills paya? ble, coupons anil * floating debt, $397, 841.36 Estimated debt citv of Colum? bia March 31, 1874, $725,060. Deduct amount paid on City Hall contract, $01, 428.91; deduct amount paid, water pipes and expenses of laying the same, $21, 184.80?$82,613.80. Amount of debt, less improvements, March 31, 1874, $6-12,386.20. Deduct therefrom debt May 31, 1870, as stated above, $397, 841.36, shows increased city indebted? ness from May 31, 1?70, to* March 31, 1874. $244,544.84. I shall next compare the receipts from taxes, licenses, city market an J guard house for the years commencing March 31, 1870, and ending March 31,1875, and compare the amounts reulized for the preceding fivo years from same sources by their predecessors, and leave the pub? lic to decide as to the effect such onerous taxation must have on our citizens, ami which Councils are responsible therefor: Taxes, including licenses, market and police receipts, for year ending March 31, 1871, $44,383.36; March 31, 1872, $110,841.02; March 31, 1873, $96,081.56; March 31, 1874, $99,746.28; March 31, 1875, $110,000. Total fivo years, $461, 052.22. Memoratulum.?The taxes of 1875 are estimated at $110,000, as the tax has been increased three mills and no state? ment published by Council. Taxes, including licenses, market and police receipts, for year ending March 31, 1866, $13.994.60; March 31, 1867, $33, 596.94; March 31,1868, $37,34411; March 31, 1869, $46,852,81; March 31, 1870, $57,911.98? $189,700.44. Increased taxa? tion during past five years, $271,351.78; add increased debt during past five years, $244,544.84.?total increased in? debtedness und taxation, $515,896.62. This shows conclusively that the peo pie arc upward of $500,000 worse off to? day, financially, than they were on the 3l8t of May, 1870, which amount con? sists in increased taxes paid and in? creased debt incurred, aftor allowing for permanent improvement of City Hall and water pipe. I commend these figures to Gen. Stoibrand and Hon. Mr. Carpenter, and leave the public to decide on the subject of extravagance and re? sponsibility for our present condition. At a future time, I will pursue the sub? ject further in its various aspects. Ljinch Law in New York.?The village ofVbncordia, in Jefferson County. New York, has recently been mystified by a succession of robberies. Finally, it was determined that every house in the town should be searched by n self-constituted vigilance committee. The work had not well begun before it was ascertained that an old resident, Dr. ltusch, had drawn liia money out of the bank and left sud? denly on horseback. He was soon over? taken by a baud of mounted pursuers, and, on being brought back, confessed to eight robberies, whereupon he was seized by un infuriated mob, who placed a rope round his neck and led him to a neighboring road. The following ac? count of the closing scenes is given by the Watertown Dispatch: "The noose was fastened around his neck and the end of the rope thrown over a limb of a tree and grasped by the eager and excited crowd, who in an instant had the body of the doctor dangling in the air. Thrice he was let down and asked if he bad accomplices. The un? fortunate man persisted that he had none, and seqing he had no chance of mercy, ho asked at the last time the benefit of olergy. Strange to say, the crowd granted this reasonable request, and a Methodist minister offered a long and impressive prayer for the doomed man's sou?. Kusch also began praying, 1 but his auditors were not impressed, and I told him to 'cut it short.' He begged for more time to pray, but hia impatient I hearers swung him up with the words on his lips. The majority of the mob stayed until the last spark of life had fled, when they returned to their homes. Some others, heavily under the influence of whiskey, stayed behind and perpe? trated a more dastardly act than did the man they hanged. They cut the corpse down and robbed it of the money be had drawn from the bank and his gold watch and chain, leaving his body where it fell, with the rope still round his neck, in which condition it was found and taken charge of by the officers of the law. A jury was summoned by 'Squire Tic mann and an inquest held. The verdict was in accordance with the foregoing facts. Ho had previously borne a good character, and was unsuspected of crimes so heinous." This is certainly one of the most brutal cases of lynch law that ever oc? curred in a civilized community. The popular frenzy that summarily punishes rape, or killB the murderer when courts have fallen into bad repute, or even newly settled sections, is, at least, coni ftrehensible. But here is a criminal ynched for ordinary theft, when the stolen articles were recovered at his dwelling; his dying prayers are brutally cut short, and the dead body is rifled by vandals?all this in an old settled sec? tion dotted with churches, schools, rail? roads and telegraph poles. Perhaps tho strangest feature of it, from a news? paper stand-point, is that such an out? rage could be perpetrated in a State like New York, and almost passed unnoticed, the telegraphic despatches making no allusion to it whatever, notwithstanding the extra facilities existing there. Tin news comes now only by the old fash? ioned mails. A Baked Biiti.e.?There is a Bible in Lucas County, Ohio, which, at one time, contained some very warm scriptural texts. It belongs to a Mr. Scheboldt. a native of Bohemia. It was formerly the property of his grand-mother, who was a very devout Protestant. During one of those unfortunate periods when religious persecutions were common in Austria, a law was passed at the instance of the Catholics, that every Bible in the hands of the people should be surrendered to the priests, to bo burned. Mrs. Sche? boldt determined to save hers, and when the party came to search her house, she had just prepared a huge batch of dough for the oven, and, taking her precious Bible, she wrapped the yielding dough around it and quickly deposited it in the oven. Here it was most thoroughly baked, but was saved uninjured from tho fiery furnace of the priests. It may be said to have been saved from the tire by fire, and has passed down through several generations as a memorial of the days when men were not allowed to wor? ship God in accordance with the dictates of their own consciences. It ought to go to tho centennial as a mute witness of tho light of other days?a light raised by a bon-fire of burning Bibles. A yellow cat had been making his home in tho Methodist Church at Austin. Last Sunday ho took a position on the big pedal bass of the church organ. He was enjoying a comfortablo nap when the services opened, and when tho or? ganist came down on the pedal bass, that eat went up into tho body of tho church like a rocket. He lit on the back of a pew in tho centre of tho church, and, with an unearthly yell, bumped herself and proceeded to claw the stnftW out of an adjacent waterfall. With frantic reck? lessness the lady, thinking no doubt the devil was after her, turned a complete summersault out of the pew and landed on tho other side of the aisle. A general stampede was only prevented by the es? cape of the cat out of a door near tho pulpit. ? Nevada Enterprise. Old Mr. Henry Belk died suddenly in Lancaster, last Sunday. TRUTH. City Itkks.?Subscribe for (don't bor? row) the Phos nix. The corn in tho country is looking par? ticularly fine just now. . Rev. Lovick Pieree arrived in this city yesterday. The sas took a freak, la.st night, and for a short time refused to burn. Good manners are always admired by all persons; bad manners are, on the contrary, always despised. The thermometer ran way up into the nineties, yesterday. It was considered the warmest day of the season. The ladies on our streets, yesterday, made quite a show; never mind the wea? ther, so the wind don't blow. A great deal of money is sure to go where the woodbine twineth this Hum? mer?because the woodbine twineth on the new bonnets. The storm-king had another short reign, about 2 o'clock, yesterday morn? ing, and for a while things were lively. No material damage, so far as known. Mr. Seegcrs' ice machine is slightly out of order, but his customers will not be disappointed, as he has supplied him? self with the frozen article from the Northern lakes. The silver set. ordered two years ago, for then Speaker Lee, is still at Mr. Glaze's jewelry store. Mr. G. is puz? zled, and wants to know "what will he do with it." The untiring activity of the itinerant strawberry vender no longer agitates the dix>r-bclls of our good citizens, but has given place to the not more acceptable interrogation: "Don't you want to buy some blackberries?" On and after to-morrow, the Columbia day train on the South Carolina Railroad, which has heretofore left Charleston at 6.45 A. M., will leave at 5.45 A. M., and 1 will arrive in this city at 12.55 P. M., making close connections with the Char? lotte Road. It is rumored that a reliable party offers to deliver the stolen diamonds for $200. This matter is being whittled down to a very sharp point, and it is full time that some arrests had been made. This pro? position is sufficient evidence to cause the arrest of the party making it. The first thief is now being tried in Augusta. Richard's patent dining table and fly exterminator is a great curiosity, and will prove a valuable addition to nny dining room. Servants as well as flies are dis? pensed with. The machine is neat and booty-looking. It can be seen at Mr. McKenzie's saloon, where chances can ho secured, as it is to be raffled. The following changes will be made in the schedule of the Ch-.rlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad to-morrow, June 2ft: Train No. 2 will leave Augusta at 8.22 A. M.; Granitovillo 9.13 A. M.: Columbia Junction 12.58 P. M.; Columbia 1.18 P. M.; Chester 5.10 P. M.; arrive at Char? lotte 7.32 P. M. No. 3 leaves Columbia 3.40 A. M.: arrives at Augusta 8.20 A. M. Mr. Cramer has been engaged for seve? ral weeks in preparing additional sets of scenery for the Opera House. He is ar? ranging for an exhibition next week, to assist in procuring new and convenient chairs. The pieces selected are "Lost in Lon Ion," and the Shakspearean comedy of 'Taming the Shrew." There are s"veral sensational scenes, which will be well worth seeing. WM* .1 "->//?<? is the name of the new illustrated magazine for girls and boys, which I). Lothrop A Co., the enterpris? ing Boston publishers, have started. The fir->t number is a gem. In typogra? phical beauty, in illustrations and in literary matter, it is near perfection: while its price, $2.00 per annum, will make it a favorite in these hard times. Convenient in form, with a showy cover and fine plates, with stories and poems ami instructive articles from well-known authors, with pages of music and puzzles and familiar talk, it cannot fail to win public iavor. Miss Ella Farman, author of "A White Hand," "A Little Woman," etc., is the editor, and Mrs. Louise Chandler Moniton, Miss Julia A. East? man, George Maedonald, Dr. Tourjee and other well-known names are contri? butor--. It will be a welcome visitor in any family circle. ? ? ? Tiles.?The season has now arrived when all classes of human beings are in? terested about tiles?not for the house, but the head; opinions vary, too?some preferring a thin felt; while others ad? here to the famous plug; still others, again, want a lighter covering; and just here is where the variety coiues in. Messrs. Kinard A Wiley have adapted their selection to these varied desires, and have laid in a heavy stock of all styles. Jimmy Kennedy says?and he knows - that the collection is the best and largest which is to be seen in this city. Luit of New Advertisements. Hardy Solomon?Mountain Butter. B. B. Miller?Extra Court. Richard Jones?Notice. ? H. & S. Beard?Furniture. J. C. Seegers?Notiee. St-piiEME Court Decision - Juke 18.? J. M. Sullivan, respondent, vs. W. H. Thomas, appellant. Appeal dismissed. Opinion by Willurd, A. J. Hotel Arrivals, June 10. ? Mansion House- -A. Crawford, city, Miss L. Jones, Marion; N. A. Peay and wife. Fairfield; D. J. Griffith, Summit; Miss M. Black, city: B. F. Mauldin, G. A C. B. Ii.; J. G. Lvkes, Kicbland: L. M. Dodamend. city. A Remarkable Case.?The New York i World gives a brief history of one of the most remarkable cases of protracted liti? gation ever recorded, which dwarfs into insignificance such wrangles as those concerning the Jnmel will, Mrs. Myra Clark Gain eg' claim or Bentloy's Master? ship of Trinity, is still pending in the Court of Common Fleas of Clark Countv, Ky. In December, 1815, Joseph Blacl' well sued in the Bath Circuit Court, to recover from nearly 100 defendants, some 20,000 acres of land, chiefly in Bath County. He clnimed title by* virtue of an entry under a trensury warrant of 1784, und a subsequent survey and patent, alleging that the defendants' titles, all of which were older than bis, were void for want of certainty. It was 18:11 before the caso reached a hearing, and in 1833 the plaintiff got judgment. An appeal was taken, and in 1835 the de? fendants obtained a reversal on technical grounds. The caso was remanded to the Bath Court, where it dragged along till 1846, when a change of venue to Clark County was prayed and gladly granted. Then for four years the defendants were unmolested, while the plaintiffs fought among themselves. Blackwell had been dead for thirty years, and his heirs now attempted to make themselves plaintiffs, instead of Wo, Marshall and John Fowler, who bad conducted the suit, claiming to have purchased from BlackwelL The heirs denied the fact of such a purchase and its validity in any case, but after four years of litigation, were defeated in all the courts, and the case in 1850 was precisely as it was in 1815. In the suc? ceeding twenty-five years it has made two visits to the Court of Appeals and returned with unimpaired vivacity. A year ago it was transferred to the Court of Common Tleas, and there it is now pending just as near a decision as it was sixty years ago, and conducted with just as much energy. All the original parties to it are dead. Three generations of lawyers have drawn fees from it, among others Thomas Fletcher, Robert M. Bradley, James Simpson, Kenas Farrow, R. Apperson, Robert Wick liffe, John B. Huston, B. J. Peters nnd Thomas Turner. Simon Kenton's autograph appears on a deposition taken in 1810 end Garrett Davis" on a deed certified by him as Deputy Clerk of the Bath Court in the same remote year; it has been brought before successions of Judges long since dead, in court houses that dropped to pieces long ago. but the caso remains, defying time like Miss Anthony. Age cannot wither it, nor custom stale the infinite variety of its phases, and as the lands arc increasing in value more ra? pidly than the fees can possibly increase in amount, and the mass of papers in which fatal technical errors are found alternately by plaintiff and defendant yearly grows in volume, there appears no reason why the case should not see the downfall of Kentnckian civilization as it behold its rise, and s-urvive long after blue grass has c eased to grow and Bourbon whiskey to run; nay, even as? sist the last sad rites of its infant brother of Brooklyn. - . "Tickets, Sin."?This is the way it happened in a town not far from Elmira: < >n?' of the regular attendants at Central Church is a railroad conductor. He is regular, not so much from any personal inclination for Calvinism, as from the fact that he has a first rate Presbyterian wife, who keeps him in the way be should go. A few Sundays since, one of the deacons was absent, and our con? ductor was requested to pass the plate. Of course he consented. For the first dozen pews, everything passed oft' well. There was a regular financial shower of nii-klesmnd dimes, and the railroad man watched sharp, bnt couldn't see that anybody "got away" without responding. Finally, he came to a seat where the oc? cupant was either busted or disinclined, for he shook his head, but made no at? tempt on his pocket. The conductor looked at him sharply, but no cash ap? peared. Then he nudged his shoulder and softly called: "Tickets, sir!" Again the man's head wagged horizontally, but the stamps didn't come. "Pass, then," whispered tho conductor. Still no re? sponse. Just as tho railroad chap was about to call up the fireman and brake man to help pitch the impecunious wor? shipper out of doors, the regular deacon came in and relieved bis proxy. Tho conductor says ho believes in running a church tho same way you would a rail? road train?if a man won't pay or hasn't a pass, let him git. Maud Oswald had to stand behind a counter in a fancy-sore at Troy, N. Y., twelve hours a day. She asked permis? sion to sit down, and, being refused, resigned her $0 a-wcek salary, and ap? plied to Barnuui for a situation. She now drives the most gorgeous chariot, does n bare-back act, and, on a salary of $75 a week, comfortably supports her? self and mother. The young man that broke his tooth sometime ago with a rock that was in his food, said his tooth was not founded on a rock; but a rock was found-ed I (.found) on his tooth.